essentially

/ ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪ /

adverb

1. in a fundamental or basic way; in essence

Example Sentences

Competitive excel has been around for about 20 years and is essentially a puzzle solving competition, thinking logically about how you can create a general solution to a question which is scalable and fast.

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He was still better than most NFL quarterbacks, though, even with one hand essentially tied behind his back.

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"You can attribute some of the issues to the pandemic but, overall, what's happened is essentially we don't have the resources we used to have," said Ms McLaughlin.

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Many governments sell bonds - essentially IOUs - to raise money for public spending and in return they pay interest.

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A patent troll acquires broad patents not to develop any technology but to extract settlement money through essentially meritless nuisance suits.

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